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Cash on Demand *** (1961, Peter Cushing, André Morell, Richard Vernon) – Classic Movie Review 10,836

Hammer Films’ most satisfying 1961 British black and white film noir crime thriller Cash On boasts a very fine performance from their big star Peter Cushing as an efficiency-obsessed bank manager made to help a […]

Jan, 27

Trio *** (1950, James Hayter, Michael Hordern, Anne Crawford, Nigel Patrick, Jean Simmons, Michael Rennie, Kathleen Harrison, Felix Aylmer) – Classic Movie Review 10,076

Directors Ken Annakin and Harold French’s 1950 drama Trio is the second W Somerset Maugham anthology film (after Quartet, a hit in 1948), with three well cast, amusing and satisfyingly enjoyable yarns. The three short […]

Jul, 23

Perfect Friday *** (1970, Stanley Baker, Ursula Andress, David Warner, T P McKenna, Patience Collier) – Classic Movie Review 5855

Peter Hall’s amusing 1970 British bank-heist caper thriller film Perfect Friday is a bright straggler from the Sixties with Stanley Baker, Ursula Andress and David Warner.  Director Peter Hall’s amusing 1970 British bank-heist caper thriller […]

Aug, 04

Bandits **** (2001, Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett) – Classic Movie Review 1549

Director Barry Levinson’s 2001 thriller is one of his best if now undeservedly least known movies. Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton star as charismatic crooks who break out of jail and embark on a […]

Aug, 15

Dog Day Afternoon ***** (1975, Al Pacino, John Cazale, Chris Sarandon, Lance Henriksen, Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Sully Boyar) – Classic Film Review 1189

Director Sidney Lumet’s 1975 classic Dog Day Afternoon is a complex, adult and exhilarating crime thriller based on a then recent real-life event, the robbery of the Chase Manhattan Bank in Gravesend, Brooklyn, by John […]

May, 09

The Town **** (2010, Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner) – Classic Movie Review 585

Ben Affleck makes a scalding job of directing this 2010 superb cops and bank robbers heist movie thriller, but it’s his stunning performance that really gives his movie class. He’s just so darned good as […]

Dec, 28

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